How to Use unanswered in a Sentence

unanswered

adjective
  • Watt didn’t let that go unanswered.
    — Ryan Brennan, Miami Herald, 12 Mar. 2026
  • Now these calls will go unanswered.
    — Cory Turner, NPR, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Emails to the eparchy went unanswered.
    — Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Feb. 2026
  • An email to Jones’ site went unanswered.
    — Mia Sato, The Verge, 24 Apr. 2026
  • That text went unanswered, Rouse said.
    — Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 24 June 2026
  • When the book won’t sell, the emails go unanswered, the draft falls flat?
    — Jd Barker, Rolling Stone, 2 Mar. 2026
  • And the tragedy of the play is the question left unanswered.
    — John Haskell, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
  • But there’s still a lot of unanswered questions.
    — Shelby Talcott, semafor.com, 23 Sep. 2025
  • Through a loud speaker, a last call went out and went unanswered.
    — Colleen Cronin, Boston Herald, 13 May 2026
  • That still leaves some unanswered questions about the path ahead.
    — Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 23 Feb. 2026
  • Phone calls to the church's main office went unanswered.
    — Jade Jackson, IndyStar, 15 Oct. 2025
  • Messages went unanswered and calls were missed.
    — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 6 Apr. 2026
  • There’s still a lot of unanswered questions.
    — Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 24 Sep. 2025
  • There are tons of unanswered questions, though.
    — Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 29 May 2026
  • To date, those offers have gone unanswered.
    — J.d. Miles, CBS News, 16 June 2026
  • But his pleas — and those from men in nearby cells — went unanswered.
    — Kelly Davis, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Calls to the daycare went unanswered.
    — Alexandra Mendoza, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Aug. 2025
  • Moturi said those calls went unanswered.
    — Beret Leone, CBS News, 22 Apr. 2026
  • No one likes unanswered questions.
    — Charles Gandee, Vogue, 15 Feb. 2026
  • Calls to his phone kept going to voicemail and texts went unanswered.
    — Jade Jackson, IndyStar, 2 July 2025
  • And yet, still, the Nets raise all kinds of unanswered questions.
    — New York Times, 2 June 2021
  • Here are some unanswered questions.
    — Omer Awan, Forbes.com, 16 Jan. 2026
  • Yet both have unanswered questions.
    — Lorenzino Estrada, AZCentral.com, 18 Feb. 2026
  • The problem here is that there are so many unanswered questions.
    — ABC News, 4 Jan. 2026
  • But Rivera had unanswered questions for months.
    — Mattha Busby, Rolling Stone, 16 Jan. 2026
  • Reed's questions to Zachry about where the box came from went unanswered.
    — Marco Della Cava, USA TODAY, 13 Jan. 2022
  • Attempts to reach those who filmed the video also went unanswered.
    — Adam Duxter, CBS News, 27 June 2026
  • The bar owners could not be reached as calls to the restaurant went unanswered.
    — Camryn Dadey, Sacbee.com, 23 Mar. 2026
  • This episode fills in a lot of gaps, but there are still plenty of unanswered questions.
    — Scott Meslow, Vulture, 21 Nov. 2021
  • Senegal scored four unanswered goals from that point onward.
    — Marlene Lenthang, NBC news, 27 June 2026

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